gange

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verb

To protect (the part of a fishing line next to a fishhook, or the hook itself) by winding it with wire.

OriginMiddle High German genge ← Old High German gengi ← Proto-West Germanic *gangī →
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Meanings

gange1

verbgange (third-person singular simple present ganges, present participle ganging, simple past and past participle ganged)

present singular third person ganges · participle present ganging · participle past ganged · past ganged

  1. transitiveTo protect (the part of a fishing line next to a fishhook, or the hook itself) by winding it with wire.
  2. transitiveTo attach (a fishhook) to a line or snell, as by knotting the line around the shank of the hook.

Gange2

proper nounGange (plural Ganges)

plural Ganges

  1. A surname from Norman.

Origin

gange · verb

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Gange · proper noun

  1. Proto-West Germanic*gangī“passable”
  2. Old High Germangengi“passable”
  3. Middle High Germangenge“circulating, common”
  4. EnglishGange

* As an southern English surname, of German origin, from variant of Genge, Gänge, from Middle High German genge (“circulating, common”), from Old High German gengi (“passable”), from Proto-West Germanic *gangī (“passable”); compare also Geng. * Also as a German surname, shortened from names like Wolfgang, Gangulf. * As an Italian surname, Americanized from Gangi.

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APA

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Chicago

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